Most important, Cavendish is immune to TR1. “Cavendish has a lot of characteristics that make them the ideal export banana,” ...

Soaring cocoa prices are raising interest in turning Nigeria into a more impactful player in the sector, with hopes of ...

Booming cocoa prices are stirring interest in turning Nigeria into a bigger player in the sector, with hopes of challenging ...

Booming cocoa prices are stirring interest in turning Nigeria into a bigger player in the sector, with hopes of challenging ...

But agriculture modernisation efforts have encouraged the development of “full-sun” monocrop plantations that only focus on growing cocoa beans, without the use of companion plants or trees.

Mondelez International expands cocoa cultivation in South India and explores potential in North East to meet rising demand.

Full-sun' monocrop Ivory Coast is by far the world's top grower, producing more than two million tonnes of cocoa beans in 2023, followed by Ghana at 650,000 tonnes. But the two countries had poor ...